Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
Beginning at the W'Cst bounds of the artillery patent at the northeast corner of a tract of one thousand acres of land, granted to Moses Harris junr. and running thence along the north bounds thereof , to the soutlieast corner of two hundred acres of land, granted to the said Moses Harris junr. thence along the east bounds of the said two liundred acres, and along the east bounds of other two hundred acres granted to the said Moses Harris, junr. to the northeast corner of the last mentioned two hundred acres, then along the north bounds thereof, to the southeast corner of seven hundred and fifty acres granted to the said Moses Harris, junr. thence along the east bounds thereof, to a tract of two hundred acres granted to Piatt Smith or Joshua Harris, then along the south bounds tliereof to tlie west bounds of tlie artillery patent and thence southerly along the said west bounds to the place of beginning, at the rate of one shilling and six pence per acre, but no particular terms of payment mentioned; being duly read and considered, (Accepted) Acres 590 £44 5 0
The application of Matthew Adgate, for the purcliase of a tract of land situate north of the Mohawii river, and beginning at the northwesterly corner of the tract gi-anted to Henry Outhoudt, and from thence extending easterly along the same, and the northerly bounds of tlie township of Steuben to the northernmost corner thereof, thence northerly at right angles with the course last mentioned to the southerly bounds of the land lately agreed to be sold to Alexander Macomb, thence westerly along the same to the place of beginning ; containing by estimation about forty-five thousand acres, at the rate of two shillings and six pence per acre, the one sixth part to be paid by the first of January next, one half of the remainder by the first of May next^